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Enforce The Nursing Home Reform Law Instead Of Weakening The Controlled Substances Act, USA

Thursday, March 25, 2010

The Center for Medicare Advocacy is troubled by the Senate Special Committee on Aging’s March 24 hearing, “The War on Drugs Meets the War on Pain: Nursing Home Residents Caught in the Crossfire.” The Center’s Senior Policy Attorney Toby S…

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Government publish response to Health Select Committee alcohol report

Friday, March 19, 2010

The government response to the Health Select Committee's alcohol report has been released, drawing media attention for rejecting calls to crack down on alcohol advertising. Alcohol Concern labelled the Government's response as 'too complacent', Chief Executive Don Shenker stating: “Whilst change cannot happen overnight – it certainly won’t happen if the government does nothing. Action on pricing, advertising and irresponsible promotions are the first step to reversing a drinking culture which has bought us to a point where average levels of teenage drinking is the equivalent of twelve and a half shots of vodka a week

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DrugScope Welcomes Report Of The Home Affairs Select Committee Inquiry Into The Cocaine Trade, UK

Wednesday, March 3, 2010

DrugScope responded to the publication of the Home Affairs Select Committee (HASC) inquiry report on the cocaine trade. In June 2009, DrugScope’s Chief Executive, Martin Barnes, and Director of Communications and Information, Harry Shapiro, were invited to give oral evidence to the HASC inquiry, and the charity also submitted written evidence to the Committee…

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Government moving towards minimum pricing? Alcohol policy set to figure highly in election build up

Friday, January 15, 2010

The Health Secretary Andy Burnham has this week indicated support for minimum pricing from the government, according to a report from the Telegraph. Burnham commented in an interview: “We need to balance the rights of people who drink responsibly with those who buy ludicrously cheap booze and go out and harm themselves and others. “The NHS Confederation and Royal College of Physicians expressed their views very clearly over Christmas – I can’t sit here and read reports like that and say it is all fine

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